Match up game

ABSTRACT

A match up game for answering questions from multiple choice answers indicates the correctness of an answer by illuminating a green lamp and indicates the incorrectness of an answer by illuminating a red lamp. The person answering the questions operates a switch indicating the question which is being answered and operates another switch which indicates the answer selected for such question.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a match up game. More particularly, theinvention relates to a match up game for answering questions frommultiple choice answers and indicating the correctness and incorrectnessof the answers.

Objects of the invention are to provide a match up game of simplestructure, which is inexpensive in manufacture, used with facility andconvenience, and functions efficiently, effectively and reliably toindicate answers to questions selected by a person being questioned in amanner whereby the questions and answers are readily changeable, so thatmemorization thereof is difficult.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order that the invention may be readily carried into effect, it willnow be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the match up game ofthe invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the match up game of FIG. 1; and

FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram of part of the match up game of theinvention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The match up game of the invention is for answering questions frommultiple choice answers and indicating the correctness and incorrectnessof the answers.

The match up game of the invention comprises a list of questions andmultiple choice answers for each of the questions, shown in FIG. 2. Thequestions are numbered 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, . . . 20, to distinguish themfrom each other.

There are several sheets of questions and answers, and the entire matchup game is preferably housed in an attache type case 102, shown in FIGS.1 and 2.

The match up game of the invention includes a plurality of rotaryswitches 21, 22, 23, 24, . . . 29 and 30 (FIG. 3). Each of the rotaryswitches 21 to 30 has a plurality of electrical contacts 1 to 10 and arotary switch arm, as shown in FIG. 3. The rotary switches 21 to 30 haverotary switch arms 31, 32, 33, . . . 39 and 40, respectively, as shownin FIG. 3. Each of the rotary switches 21 to 30 is set with its switcharm in electrical contact with a selected one of its electrical contacts1 to 10, in accordance with the correct answer to a correspondingquestion. Thus, as shown in FIG. 3, the match up game is preset, for aselected set of questions and answers, to indicate that the correctanswer to question number 11 is choice No. 2, the correct answer toquestion number 12 is choice No. 8, the correct answer to questionnumber 19 is choice No. 3 and the correct answer to question number 20is choice No. 5.

A plurality of question switches 11 to 20 are numbered 11 to 20,respectively, in correspondence with the questions. The questionswitches 11 to 20 have first contacts 41, 42, 43, 44, . . . 49 and 50,respectively, electrically connected to the electrical contacts 1 to 10of the rotary switches 21 to 30. The question switches 11 to 20 alsohave second contacts 51, 52, 53, 54, . . . 59 and 60.

A plurality of answer switches 61, 62, 63, 64, . . . 69 and 70 arenumbered in correspondence with the answers provided on the multipleanswer sheet. Thus, the answer switch 61 is operated by the personanswering the questions when he or she selects the answer A to thequestion. The answer switch 62 is operated by the person answering thequestions when he or she selects the answer B to the question, and soon. The answer switches 61 to 70 have first center electrical contacts71, 72, 73, 74, . . . 79 and 80, respectively (FIG. 3), electricallyconnected to the rotary switch arms 31 to 40 of the rotary switches 21to 30, respectively, as shown in FIG. 3. The answer switches 61 to 70have first electrical contacts 81, 82, 83, 84, . . . 89 and 90, andsecond electrical contacts 91, 92, 93, 94, . . . 99 and 100,respectively, as shown in FIG. 3.

A source of electrical energy 103 which may be a commercial powersource, but which is preferably a battery, has a negative polarityterminal electrically connected in common to the second contacts 51 to60 of the question switches 11 to 20 via an ON-OFF switch 104 (FIG. 3).

A green lamp 105 has one terminal electrically connected to the positivepolarity terminal of the source of electrical energy 103 and anotherterminal electrically connected in common to the second contacts 91 to100 of the answer switches 61 to 70, respectively, as shown in FIG. 3.

A red lamp 106 has one terminal electrically connected to the positivepolarity terminal of the source of electrical energy 103 and anotherterminal electrically connected in common to the first contacts 81 to 90of the answer switches 61 to 70, respectively, as shown in FIG. 3.

Thus when the correct answer is selected by the person answering thequestions via the corresponding answer switch 61 to 70, the green light105 is energized. When an incorrect answer is selected by the personanswering the questions, the red light 106 is energized.

While the invention has been described by means of a specific exampleand in a specific embodiment, I do not wish to be limited thereto, forobvious modifications will occur to those skilled in the art withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Games of the type described in the present application are disclosed inthe following U.S. Pat. Nos. 1,949,783, issued to Cleaver on Mar. 6,1934, 2,104,718, issued to Dougherty on Jan. 4, 1938; 2,982,031, issuedto Bardelli on May 2, 1961; 3,100,,352, issued to Boissevain on Aug. 13,1963; 3,427,028, issued to Abrahansen on Feb. 11, 1969; 3,697,076,issued to Vogel on Oct. 10, 1972; 3,701,205, issued to Wolf on Oct. 31,1972, 3,720,006, issued to Boram et al. on Mar. 13, 1973, 3,758,961,issued to Matsumoto on Sept. 18, 1973; 3,780,453, issued to Hesener onDec. 25, 1973; 3,834,042, issued to Henry on Sept. 10, 1974 and No.3,973,334, issued to Sterritton on Aug. 10, 1976.

I claim:
 1. A match up game for answering questions from multiple choiceanswers and indicating the correctness and incorrectness of the answers,said match up game comprisinga list of questions and multiple choiceanswers for each of the questions, the questions being numbered todistinguish them from each other and the answers being numbered todistinguish them from each other; a plurality of rotary switches eachhaving a plurality of electrical contacts and a rotary switch arm, eachof the rotary switches being set with its switch arm in electricalcontact with a selected one of its electrical contacts in accordancewith the correct answer to a corresponding question; a plurality ofquestion switches numbered in correspondence with the question, eachswitch having a first contact electrically connected to one of theelectrical contacts of each of the rotary switches and a second contact;a plurality of answer switches numbered in correspondence with theanswers each having a first center electrical contact electricallyconnected to the rotary switch arm of a corresponding one of the rotaryswitches, a first electrical contact and a second electrical contact; asource of electrical energy having a first polarity terminalelectrically connected in common to the second contacts of the questionswitches and a second polarity terminal; a green lamp having oneterminal electrically connected to the second polarity terminal of thesource of electrical energy and another terminal electrically connectedin common to the second contacts of the answer switches; and a red lamphaving one terminal electrically connected to the second polarityterminal of the source of electrical energy and another terminalelectrically connected in common to the first contacts of the answerswitches whereby when the correct answer is selected via thecorresponding answer switch the green light is energized and when anincorrect answer is selected the red light is energized.